Trust the Good Old Coconut and its Oil
Take a look at the ways in which coconut oil has been used for non-food purposes traditionally in Kerala, India.
98 Year Old Lipid Researcher Reports that Cholesterol is Good for your Heart
A 98-year-old researcher argues that, contrary to decades of clinical assumptions and advice to patients, dietary cholesterol is good for your heart, unless that cholesterol is unnaturally oxidized.
Cholesterol Numbers Used to Sell Statin Drugs Soon to be Changed
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will soon be updating their recommendations for “healthy” cholesterol numbers. Will there be any significant changes to their cholesterol guidelines?
There Is Only One Type of Cholesterol: All of it Beneficial
We keep hearing about different types of cholesterol. It’s all nonsense. There’s only one cholesterol molecule, so there’s only one type of cholesterol. What started this nonsense of types of cholesterol?
Are the Government’s Dietary Guidelines Making Us Obese?
Since the early 1980′s the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans have urged trusting Americans to eat a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet for their health and weight control. Now, obesity rates have shot up to 30%, and more than 70% of Americans are overweight.
Study: High Fat Mediterranean Diet Better for Heart than Low Fat Diet
A study concluded that 30% of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables, and even drink wine with meals.
Statins Worsen Brain Function of Alzheimer’s Sufferers
The research against cholesterol-lowering statin drugs continues to mount, as does the evidence that lowering ones cholesterol via medication has serious side effects, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Saturated fat is not the culprit in heart disease
British Medical Journal study shows replacing dietary saturated fats with omega-6 PUFAs increased all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and mortality from coronary heart disease.
Resurrected Data From 1960s Shows American Heart Association’s Advice on Dietary Fats has been Wrong
Will the American Heart Association now change their advice, since that advice appears to be leading people to make bad dietary oil choices that is contributing to heart disease?
Forget Cholesterol, Inflammation’s the Real Enemy
Twenty years ago, doctors told us to stay away from high-fat foods like eggs, bacon, and butter because they raised cholesterol and could lead to heart disease. But today, that is all changing.